Darran McLaughlin has launched a crowdfunding campaign to purchase Bristol's bookhaus.
The owners have decided to retire, and the courageous manager is raising funds to buy it and carry on the radical bookshop's legacy!
Bookhaus is a popular, award-nominated independent bookshop in Wapping Wharf in the heart of Bristol. Darran has managed it since before they opened the doors in August 2021. The current owners, Kevin and Jayne Ramage and he knew each other from being involved in political activism together.
The bookshop reflects the radical, independent spirit of Bristol.
Now, that the owners of bookhaus have decided it is time to retire, they would like the bookshop's manager to continue the legacy created together.
Darran is a working class, black man, who grew up in a single parent household on a council estate, so he is not able to ask family for money, and banks aren't keen to fund independent bookshops.
This is why he's created this crowdfunder, in the hope that customers and fans will contribute towards keeping bookhaus as Bristol's Radical Home.
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More and how to donate here:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bookhaus---bristols-radical-home
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A photo from the opening day, in August 2021, historian and author David Olusoga:
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